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Running Repairs
Helen Dunlea took this great photograph of my brother holding someone’s horse while the farrier, Mr. Palmer reattaches a shoe. Horses need to wear shoes to protect their hooves from the hard road. It’s handy to have the farrier among the riders at the meet.
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The Dandy Lodge
The late Tom O’Halloran of Bridge Road realised that he was witnessing history when he saw the careful relocation of The Dandy Lodge from Bridge Road to Childers’ Park. He also realised that he was in a unique position to chronicle the event in photographs. The O’Halloran family have shared his great photographs of that piece of Listowel history with us.
This view from the back shows how the cottage had fallen into disrepair.
This is the view as work commenced. The old phone box was demolished at the same time.
This closeup shows detail of the eaves. You can see the numbers clearly on the bricks. Every brick was numbered and then reconstructed like a paint by numbers job.
This is one of the old windows. The new ones replicated them to the T.
(more of this story tomorrow)
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A Weekend on the Sidelines
My granddaughters play soccer so I spent a pleasant Saturday supporting their teams on my visit to Cork.
Spare a thought for the mentors and match officials. Our young people owe so much to these individuals who give up so much of their time to them.
I feel sad to hear of all the abuse and ill-treatment meted on to this cohort of civic spirited and underappreciated individuals.
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Horror of Horrors
It’s over 70 years ago now but still within living memory!
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Liz Chute
When was the lodge built Mary and who was it built for ?
listowelconnection
The Dandy Lodge was built in 1875 as a gate lodge for Gurtenard House. I don’t know who else lived there but the Hannon family lived there for many years.